Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the nineteenth century. The map below shows the development of the village. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram below depicts the transformation of a village, called Chorleywood from 1868 to 1994.

Overall

, the rural development was divided into four phases

according to

its population growth. The major transformation occurred in 1970 when a motorway was developed. In detail, when the population density was still low in 1868-1883, there was only one area of housing which was located in the bottom left-hand corner of the main road. As the population grew rapidly, more constructions were added.

For example

, in 1909, the residential area was extended

along with

the addition of a railway across the main road. The newly residential area built was three times larger than the old one.

In addition

, a train station was constructed inside that housing.

Moreover

, more houses were built from 1922 until 1994.

Besides

, a motorway

as well as

a roundabout were developed and took place on the right-hand side of the map. Surrounding that motorway, many areas of houses were

also

built.